first connection using arduino

[Manuel Betancurt]

I want to use an arduino to connect to the conduit LoRa gateway, I have the xbee shield with the mDot,

before I can do anything, I want to make sure the mDot is communicating with arduino, but I dont have enough info to do this,

so, should the mdot just get and put messages using the “serial monitor” on the arduino?

I just have an empty hello script to test this…

void setup() {
  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
 
}

then open the serial monitor and enter “+++” on the textField and then “send”…

will this be enough to test the modem?

are there any instructions on how to proceed with an arduino and xbee shield?

Thanks!

[Mike Fiore]

Manuel,

I’m not very familiar with Arduino. By default the mDot runs an AT command interface on the serial port at 115200 baud. You should be able to send “AT” and get an “OK” back.

We have a developer page for the mDot on mbed, which goes over the pinout and many of its features:

https://developer.mbed.org/platforms/MTS-mDot-F411/

We also have documentation for the AT commands (see chapter 15):

http://www.multitech.com/manuals/s000612_1_6.pdf

Hope this helps!

-Mike

[Shaun Nelson]

Manuel,

Here’s a link to a sketch for Arduino to mDot communication.

https://github.com/mikimer/LoRa

Enjoy,
-Shaun

• This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Shaun Nelson.

[Suryadiputra Liawatimena]

Is there any Arduino – mDot shield recommendation?

[Mike Fiore]

Hi,

We’ve used the SparkFun XBEE Shield before and they work just fine with the mDot.

https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12847

Cheers,

Mike

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